Welcome to the University of New England’s College of Pharmacy! We offer a four-year Doctor of Pharmacy program that is located in Portland, Maine, on a quintessential New England campus designated a national historic district. Construction of the University of New England’s state-of-the-art College of Pharmacy academic and research facility was completed in 2009 and the building is the first facility devoted entirely to pharmacy academic studies and research in the state of Maine.

The Mission of the College of Pharmacy provides an outstanding environment for the teaching-learning process to effectively deliver a contemporary pharmacy curriculum designed to graduate competent practitioners for the state of Maine and the nation.

InterProfessional Education Collaborative (IPEC) At UNE we offer our students the opportunity to work with the other health care professionals and students in our numerous health professions programs. Our goal is to educate practitioners, scholars, and researchers to work together and with patients and clients for relationship-centered health care that is comprehensive, collaborative, caring, safe, and continuous throughout the life cycle.

Total number of college SEMESTER HOURS that must be completed prior to matriculation: 58

Total number of basic science college SEMESTER HOURS that must be completed prior to matriculation: 34

Total number of college QUARTER HOURS that must be completed prior to matriculation: 82

Applicants must successfully complete ALL course prerequisites by the end of the: Summer 2017 term

Course Prerequisites Table:

Course Title

Semester Hours

Quarter Hours

Total

58

82

General Biology I w/ lab ( Cellular Biology)

4

6

Human Anatomy & Physiology I w/ lab

4

6

Human Anatomy & Physiology II w/ lab

4

6

General Chemistry I w/ lab

4

6

General Chemistry II w/ lab

4

6

Organic Chemistry I w/ lab

4

6

Organic Chemistry II w/lab

4

6

General Physics I w/ lab

3

4

Calculus

3

4

Statistics

3

4

English Composition

3

4

Humanities/Liberal Arts

3

4

Social/Global Awareness

3

4

Social Science (Psychology/Sociology/Economics/Anthropology)

3

4

Public Speaking

3

4

General Ed

3

4

Microbiology

3

4

Additional Information:

Science and Math courses must be completed no more than 5 years prior to enrollment (Summer 2012 or more recent). All prerequisite coursework must be completed with a grade of “C” or better ("C-" grades are not acceptable).

AP credit will be accepted to fulfill prerequisiste coursework with a score of 4 or better only. AP Credit must appear as transfer credit on the undergraduate transcript. Regardless of AP Credit awarded 48 credit hours of undergraduate coursework post high school graduation must be completed to be eligible for admission.

Have successfully completed thePharmacy College Admissions Test(PCAT) by the end of January of the desired year of matriculation to the College of Pharmacy. (Use PharmCAS code 104 to have scores reported directly to PharmCAS.)

Please Note:the PCAT requirement will be waived for all applicants with a 3.2 or highercumulative and 3.2 or higher prerequisite GPA.

Deadline for receiving foreign transcripts/evaluations: March 1st Received by deadline

Details:

UNE accepts evaluations from World Education Services (WES) only. Evaluations must be for grade and degree equivalency, if applicable. Please order the WES ICAP service to ensure that copies of your transcripts will be included with the evaluation report.

Applications are reviewed as they are received, and interviews will be conducted throughout the cycle by invitation only. Interviews will be 30 minutes with two interviewers; typically one faculty member and one pharmacist from the community. Candidates will spend time learning about the PharmD program, have the opportunity to meet with current students, prepare a writing sample, and tour the campus.